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By DAM News Staff | May 17, 2013

DAM Coalition is dedicated to bring you the latest news and analysis from around the DAM community, but we're also a resource for news, announcements, and even jobs. 

Below are the details for a Digital Asset Workflow position at HSN. 

Manager - Digital Asset... Read More

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WoodWing Reinforces Its Global Network of Certified Solution Partners for Multi-channel Publishing

By DAM News Staff | May 16, 2013

During its Partner Summit, which took place from May 13-15 in The Netherlands, WoodWing Software introduced a major update of its global partner program. With this new arrangement, WoodWing strengthens its network of certified Solution Partners, further increasing customer intimacy... Read More

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Simian Releases “Simian Real Time Video Encoder”

New Encoding/Uploading App Makes Uploading Video to the Web Quick, Simple and Error-Free

By DAM News Staff | May 14, 2013

Simian, the global leader in creative workflow and media management solutions has announced the release of the Simian Real Time Video Encoder™, a groundbreaking app that makes it simple to simultaneously encode and upload any size video file to the cloud. Available free to Simian users,... Read More

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3 Things to Consider About DAM Consultants

By Edward Smith | May 10, 2013

When is it in a company’s best interest to work with a consultant on digital asset management projects? Being a former consultant myself, I’m in a unique position to provide some insight to help you decide. Many DAM projects are implemented successfully without a consultant,... Read More

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Adobe Moves Creative Suite To The Cloud - What You Need To Know

No more updates to Creative Suite as Adobe switches focus to new subscription service

By Dan Carr (Via PVC - Pro Video Coalition) | May 09, 2013

Adobe announced this week at the MAX conference that Creative Suite will no longer be upgraded with new features, the future of all their creative software now lies firmly with the subscription service Creative Cloud.  Alongside this announcement they unveiled new versions of all their... Read More

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Six Ways to Keep your Digital Images from Becoming “Orphan Works”

(in light of the passage of the UK Enterprise & Regulatory Reform Act)

By David Riecks | May 07, 2013

"Orphan Works" are a legitimate problem for many galleries, libraries, archives and museums that have acquired various works over the years, as without knowing who created each artwork, it’s hard to know whether copyright is still in effect. However, since the UK has recently passed the... Read More

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How to Calculate ROI for Digital Asset Management

By Edward Smith | May 07, 2013

If you’re not in a management or finance related position you probably don’t spend much time thinking about return on investment (ROI). However, if you’re interested in making your job easier with a digital asset management system, understanding this concept can help justify... Read More

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Open Text at DAM LA 2013

By Kurt Gardner | May 06, 2013

Open Text's Ed Durst talks about the current state of DAM and the evolution to "DAM 2.0."

Open Text at DAM LA 2013 from Createasphere on Vimeo.

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Hitachi Data Systems at DAM LA 2013

By Kurt Gardner | May 06, 2013

Hitachi Data Systems' Tad Russo talks about the current state of digital asset management and how it will become even more ubiquitous in the future.

Hitachi Data Systems at DAM LA 2013 from Createasphere on Vimeo.

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File Naming Best Practices for Digital Asset Management

By Edward Smith | April 30, 2013

What’s in a filename?

Chances are that you use a desktop computer and already know that filenames are used for storing, organizing, and retrieving computer files. Every time you open an existing file, or save a new file, you’re given an opportunity to enter a descriptive and... Read More

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Global Teams, Large Files and Collaboration Working in Harmony Parts 1-4

By Kurt Gardner | April 29, 2013

Rebel Alliance's John Attard talks with John Huddles, director of the upcoming sci-fi feature "The Philosophers," about how using digital asset management allowed them to streamline the creation of spectacular special effects on time and on budget.

Global Teams, Large... Read More

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How to Avoid an Endless and Unusable Archive

Join us for a free webcast to discuss critical success factors for managing digital and visual assets

By Mary Yurkovic | April 23, 2013

Remember that scene at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark, where they put the Ark into the massive storage unit that had countless boxes of the same size and shape? Remember how huge it looked, and how you could only wonder what other treasures would be housed there?

I know a lot of... Read More

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Just Announced: DAMMY Awards Entries Open April 22nd

Fourth Annual Competition Honors the Best in the Industry

By Kurt Gardner | April 18, 2013

Createasphere, the leading professional community builder for the entertainment and digital asset management industries, announces that the submission period for the DAMMY Awards, recognizing excellence in digital asset solutions, begins Monday, April 22nd at 5:00 p.m. PDT. Entrants can begin... Read More

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Adobe is about to unleash some great new tools!

New video from Adobe teases Camera Shake Reduction

By Tony Donaldson (Via PPC - Pro Photo Coalition) | April 17, 2013

Adobe has a new video up teasing new features debuting in the next release of Photoshop. Zorana Gee, Sr. Photoshop Product Manager demonstrates "Camera Shake Reduction", a tool akin to unsharp mask on steroids, to figure out camera shake and virtually remove it from an image. 

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DAM in Production

Exclusive video content from the Los Angeles Digital Asset Management Conference

By Kurt Gardner | April 17, 2013

Dan McGraw (Seven Dials Media) moderates a panel of production professionals who integrate DAM, MAM and PAM into their workflows, including The Portal Group's Raj Chaudhuri, Cognizant's Timothy Day and HBO's Peter Price.

DAM in Production Part 1 from Createasphere... Read More

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Active Archive Alliance is a Platinum Sponsor of the 2013 Creative Storage Conference

Speaker Submission Deadline is extended to April 19

By DAM News Staff | April 17, 2013

The 2013 Creative Storage Conference (CS 2013) will be held Tuesday June 25, 2013 at the DoubleTree Hotel West Los Angeles in Culver City, CA (www.creativestorage.org).   The deadline for speaking submissions has been extended to this Friday, April 19, 2013.  The Active Archive... Read More

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Digital Media Roundtable: Critical Success Factors for Managing Digital and Visual Assets

By DAM News Staff | April 16, 2013

Are you struggling to leverage the use of digital technologies to increase your brand awareness, streamline your workflows, encourage global collaboration, provide agility, and reduce your time-to-production? If so, join Createasphere, North Plains and IO Integration for an... Read More

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The DAM Challenge for Video in Organizations

Why DAM is imperitive for your organizations video assets.

By Mary Yurkovic | April 15, 2013

While at NAB, I had two great conversations with a few folks who are still struggling to get their “top of the top” management in their organization to buy into why a centralized DAM is necessary. Well, this article is for my new friends! I must note that the value for unifying and... Read More

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Check out the Promax Platform Studio at NAB 2013

By Jeremiah Karpowicz (Via PVC - Pro Video Coalition) | April 15, 2013

Jess Hartman, CEO at Promax, talks to us about the Promax Platform Studio, their shared storage solution.  He explains the capabilities and benefits of the systems and tells us how and why it is unlike any other product on the market. 

Promax - NAB 2013 from... Read More

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Open Text Shows off the CEM Lab

The Customer Experience Management Lab debuts at NAB 2013

By Jeremiah Karpowicz (Via PVC - Pro Video Coalition) | April 14, 2013

John Price and Ed Durst from Open Text tell us about their CEM Lab, which stands for Customer Experience Management.  The lab has several different stations which allows users to see and experience what an efficent and effective workflow can look like and how it can function.  Durst... Read More

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